Dunk’s Green Evangelical Free Church was originally a Baptist Chapel built in 1838. It can found on the Plaxtol to Tonbridge walk.
Category: Towns and Villages
Plaxtol Wesleyan Church
Higham St Johns Anglican Church
This Church can be reached on the Higham walk. It was open when I visited and appears to open daily.
Higham Congregational Church
This can be reached on the Higham Walk. The Church was not open on the day of my visit.
St Mary’s Church Higham
St Mary’s Church Higham is on the Higham walk. The church is no longer used for regular worship and is maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust. It is open daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Charles Dickens used this Church when he lived in Gad’s Hill. His daughter, Katey, got married here in 1860.
Cliffe St Helen’s Church
St Helen’ Cliffe can be reached on the following bus walks : Gravesend to Cliffe and Cliffe to Hoo.
Cooling St James’ Church
St James’ Church Cooling can be reached on the Cliffe to Hoo section of the Saxon Shore Way walk.
It is no longer in constant use and is looked after by the Churches Conservation Trust.
East Grinstead Church
Not so much a bus walk as a bus trip.
Take the 101 Arriva bus from the Medway towns to Maidstone, then the 7 (or 6) Arriva bus to Tunbridge Wells then the 291 Metro bus to East Grinstead. The journey time is just short of three hours. The Church was open and there are many nice pubs and restaurants.
The lychgate – The parish church of St Swithun, East Grinstead
The War Memorial is in a memorial garden near the Council Office
Rochester Sweeps Festival 2011
Rochester Sweeps Festival is an annual festival usually on the the first weekend in May to coincide with May day celebrations.